SHORT STORIES IV

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SHORT STORIES IV

• The Smuggler
• Split Cherry Tree
• Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil
• Fifty First Dragon

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The Smuggler
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Denunciation

• Expression of strong disapproval public
  condemnation

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Anonymous

• By or from a person whose name is not known or
  given

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Resplendent

• shining brilliantly
• gleaming

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Partisan

• A strong supporter of a person, party or cause

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Jettison

• Throw (goods) overboard to lighten a ship or
  aircraft in distress

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Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil
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Nocturnal

• Of the night

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Marsupial

• Mammals having a pouch covering the mammary
  glands on the abdomen
• Can anyone give me an example???

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Carnivorous

• Flesh eating

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Quell

• to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission
  or passivity

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Scow

• a large flat-bottomed boat with broad square ends
  used chiefly for transporting bulk material

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Tundra

• One of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of
  the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North
  America.

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Prospector

• a person who searches for the natural occurrence
  of gold, petroleum, etc

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Cower

• to crouch, as in fear or shame.

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Retribution

• the act of punishing or taking vengeance for
  wrongdoing, sin, or injury punishment or
  vengeance.

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Mete

• to distribute or apportion by measure allot

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Conglomeration

• a cohering mass cluster.

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Fifty-first Dragon
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Joust

• A combat between two mounted knights or
  men-at-arms using lances

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Lance

• a thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden
  shaft with a sharp metal spearhead

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Brandish

• To wave or flourish menacingly.

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Malice

• desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to
  another

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Potent

• Possessing inner or physical strength powerful

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Debauch

• To corrupt morally To lead away from excellence
  or virtue

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Assent

• Agreement concurrence

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A Death in the House
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Bushing

• A fixed or removable cylindrical metal lining
  used to constrain, guide, or reduce friction

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Short Shrift

• careless treatment scant attention

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Keen

• finely sharpened, as an edge so shaped as to cut
  or pierce substances readily

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Eave

• The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a
  roof

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Nape

• the back of the neck

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Finicky

• difficult to please fastidious

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Eccentric

• Departing from a recognized, conventional, or
  established norm or pattern.

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Stoneboat

• a flat sledge or drag for transporting heavy
  items

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Forge

• A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or
  wrought a smithy.

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Split Cherry Tree
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Protozoa

• Members of four classes of microscopic,
  animal-like protists

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Pillage

• Rob with violence

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Withe

• A willow twig

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Fodder

• Coarse food for horses, cattle, etc..

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• LITERARY TERMS

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FICTION

• A TYPE OF LITERATURE THAT IS ABOUT IMAGINARY
  EVENTS

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NONFICTION

• LITERATURE ABOUT REAL PEOPLE AND EVENTS

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SETTING

• THE TIME (TIME OF DAY OR SEASON OR PERIOD IN
  HISTORY) AND PLACE IN WHICH THE ACTION OF A STORY
  OCCURS

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FORESHADOWING

• A HINT GIVEN TO THE READER OF AN EVENT THAT WILL
  HAPPEN

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IRONY

• A CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AND WHAT
  REALLY IS

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CONFLICT

• THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES THE FOUR
  TYPES ARE MAN VS. MAN MAN VS. NATURE MAN VS.
  SOCIETY MAN VS. HIMSELF

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PLOT

• THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

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CHARACTERIZATION

• THE METHODS AN AUTHOR USES TO EXPLAIN HIS/HER
  CHARACTERS TO THE READER

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POINT OF VIEW

• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STORYTELLER AND THE
  CHARACTERS IN THE STORY

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NARRATOR

• THE TELLER OF THE STORY